Last week the National Grid announced that a record amount of clean energy was generated from wind power on the 29th of November. Over 6 gigawatts of renewable electricity was fed into the National Grid over the half hour period … Continue reading →

Last week Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) launched their new community benefit fund. The launch took place in Bonar Bridge in the Scottish Highlands. The launch of this fund follows on from a change to the level of community benefit … Continue reading →

New figures released this week by industry trade body Scottish Renewables have demonstrated that renewable energy generation is providing almost £20 million of annual revenue to businesses, farmers, landowners, public sector organisations and homeowners across the country. Revenue is being … Continue reading →

This week the industry trade body Scottish Renewables launched a new protocol for onshore wind developments and community benefits in Scotland. The protocol outlines a series of guidelines  for community benefits stemming from new onshore wind developments. This is the … Continue reading →

A new report published this week by trade-body RenewableUK has revealed that once again the UK wind energy industry has seen another record breaking year of dizzying growth. RenewableUK published its annual report ‘Wind Energy in the UK’ yesterday. The … Continue reading →

Last week the Mail On Sunday newspaper commissioned a new opinion poll to find out public attitudes to wind turbine developments. The poll was carried out by the polling company Survation. The results revealed that the public continue to view … Continue reading →

Last week industry trade body RenewableUK published a new report examining the condition of the UK’s small and medium wind industry. The report, entitled ‘Small and Medium Wind UK Market Report 2013′ which can be found here, revealed that the … Continue reading →

A new report published this week  predicts that the global hydropower market will continue to expand over the next seven years through to 2020. By this time global hydropower capacity is predicted to exceed 1,400 Gigawatts. The report was produced … Continue reading →

The significant strides that the Scottish renewable energy industry is making towards addressing climate change were revealed last week in the Scottish Parliament. Scottish Government Energy Minister Michael Fallon was asked how successful Scotland’s renewable energy developments had been in … Continue reading →

Last week the Department of Energy and Climate Change published the latest statistics on renewable energy generation in England, Scotland and Wales. The statistics are available here. They demonstrate dramatic growth in renewable energy generation across all renewable generation technologies … Continue reading →